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No. 552,176'. Patented 1160.31, 1895.

AN DREW B GRAHAM. PHOTOUTHO, WASHINGTONA DL Nirnn STATES v PATENT rrrcn.

OSCAR S. FOSTER,` OF UTIOA, NEIV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO TIIE FOSTER BROTHERS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

BEDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0.`552,1'76, dated December 31, 1895. Application filed January 5, 1894. Serial No. 495,861. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR S. FosTER, of Utica, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bedsteads; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being Vhad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this speciiication.

My invention relates to au improvement in bedsteads.

In the drawings, Figure l shows a perspective view of a bedstead having my improvements applied thereto. Fig.v 2 shows in detail the rail-hanger in connection with a portion of a bed-post in one of its positions, a portion of the side rail being shown in dotted outline. Fig. 3 shows, in a similar manner, the rail-hanger and rail reversed. Fig. 4 is a side view of the parts shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Fig. 5 shows a central section of the railhanger, taken on line A B of Fig. 6. Fig. G shows a plan view of the hanger in one of its positions in connection with a cross-section of the post. Fig. 7 shows a cross-section of the bed-post, showing particularly the studs or pins projecting from opposite sides thereof. Fig. 8 is a detail showing one method of using the reversible side rail, in which aslat-hanger is employed. Fig. 9 shows another method of using the reversible rail in connection with a commercial wire-fabric bed and its frame. Fig. l0 shows a modified form of construction in which a non-reversible rail-hanger is used.

In the usual construction of a bed employing my improvements I use a head l and foot 2, each consisting of la pair of legs secured together, l with suitable connections between them. My improved construction of railhanger, however, is adapted to take hold of or be attached toa single independent bedpost, in which case the means of connection between the opposite sides of the bed would be between the rails.

In connection with the head and foot, before mentioned, I use side rails 3 3, preferably of right-angled angle-iron. On each end of each side rail I provide a rail-hanger 4, preferably a malleable casting having angled projection 5 adapted to be passed within the end of the rail and the rail secured thereto by screws or rivets, as 6. The post 7 is preferably a metal pipe circular in form, and is provided with a pair of pins or lugs 8 S projecting from opposite sides thereof, and preferably formed by one and the same pin passing through the post. The hanger is provided with a half-sleeve 9 projecting above and below the axial line of the side rail and adapted to form an extended bearing vertically on the post. Projecting from either side of the halfsleeve 9 and partially surrounding the post is an extension in which are provided on each side a pair of hooks 10 and 1l adapted to engage the projecting pins or studs S on the opposite sides of the post. A corresponding pair of hooks 10n and ll are provided to make provision for the reversal of the rail. These hooks l0 and IOa ll and Il project to either side of the axial line of the side rail. The several hooks l0 and 10n Il and Il are provided with a shield or covering, as 12, which protects the ends of the studs S 8, and in case that they are provided on a loose pin retains the lpin in the post and strengthens the several hooks and gives the hanger a symmetrical appearance. The face l) of each of the several hooks is provided on an incline, so that the half-sleeve is bound firmly against the side of the post, making a rigid construction when the bed is set up.

In the modified form of construction one set of hooks, as 10 and ll, are omitted and the general outline of construction correspondingly varied, as shown in Fig. 10. By employing the rail-hangers herein shown I am enabled to detach the side rails and pack the head and foot so that they will occupy but a small space, and by providing a reversible hanger in connection with an angleiron side rail I am enabled to obtain several useful combinations with the same elements in the bed.

In one of the combinations I may employ a Slat-hanger, as shown at A, which is secured on the inwardly-projecting flange .fr of the side rail, the head of the hanger closely embracing this iiange and clinched thereon, and

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in the lower end of the hanger is hung the slat B, Which extends from a hanger secured on one side rail to a similar hanger secured on the other side rail; and any desired nu1nber of hangers and slats may be used in this arrangement. By reversing the rails end for end the side rail is brought into position shown in Fig. 9, and in connection With a bed set up in this Way I may use an ordinary commercial Wire-fabric bed and frame. The side rail C thereof rests directly on the horizontal iiange x of the side rail, and the bed is retained in position by the vertical iiange y. The cross-bar of the mattress-frame is shown at I) and the fabric at E. There may be provided on the side rail C of the mattress-frame a molding e to protect it from the edge of the side rail.

In the modified form of construction shown in Fig. 10 the modified hanger Ll is formed so that the angled-iron side rail has the horizontal web at the top of the vertical Web, as this is the usual manner of employing angleiron side rails, although it is obvious that the hanger could be made so as to have the angle-iron take the reverse position from this.

That I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of a post having means of attachment for angle side-rails, of a reversible angle rail having means of attachment to the post7 substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with a post having pins or studs projecting from opposite sides thereof, of a side-rail constructed and arranged for use either side up, a rail hanger having two pairs of hooks each pair being adapted to simultaneously engage the projecting pins or hooks whereby the rail becomes reversible, substantially as set forth.

The combination with a post having an externally projecting stud or pin, of a rail hanger having a hook adapted to engage the stud or pin, and a shield or covering strengthening the hook and inclosing the end of the pin or stud, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination with a post having pro jecting pins or studs on opposite sides thereof, of a rail, a rail hanger having a pair of hooks adapted to engage the pins or studs, and shields or coverings inclosing the pins and strengthening the hooks, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination with a post of a pin passing through the post and projecting from either side, a rail hanger having hooks adapted to simultaneously engage the projecting ends of the pin, which hooks are connected with the body of the hanger by shields or covers opposite the ends of the pins, substantially as set forth.

In Witness whereof I have afixed :my signa ture in presence of two Witnesses.

, OSCAR S. FOSTER. Vitnesses M. A. KELLER, IV. E. SEAVEY. 

